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| Jan-21-14 | | The Last Straw: Wojtaszek must be feeling sad. 4.5/9 LOL
Some change in performance compared to his last two tournaments. |
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| Jan-21-14 | | The Last Straw: Goudriaan is actually *winning*, but I want to see if he can bring it home. |
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| Jan-21-14 | | Marmot PFL: Now Saric will take the lead in this group. |
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| Jan-21-14 | | Karpova: It seems that Brunello will beat Jobava. Meanwhile, Goudriaan got his 2nd draw in a row. |
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| Jan-21-14 | | nok: An easy one: Saving Private Goudriaan. |
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| Jan-21-14 | | Marmot PFL: Jobava got crushed. Brunello's bishop and queen were so strong that black had to give up the exchange but he blundered and resigned (position seemed lost anyway). |
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Jan-21-14
 | | Penguincw: < "There was a ‘changing of the guards’ in the Challengers group, as Ivan Saric took the lead, defeating Radoslaw Wojtaszek while Sabino Brunello got the best of Baadur Jobava. Saric now leads with 7.0/9, with Jobava in pursuit at 6,5/9. Jan Timman and Anna Muzychuk share third place with 6.0/9 each. Benjamin Bok scored his final GM-norm, drawing fellow Dutchman Etienne Goudriaan! Having fulfilled all other demands Bok can now apply for the title of Grandmaster." > http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tourn... < "Benjamin Bok scored his final GM-norm, drawing fellow Dutchman Etienne Goudriaan!" > That's funny! |
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| Jan-21-14 | | Jason Frost: <Marmot PFL: Jobava got crushed. Brunello's bishop and queen were so strong that black had to give up the exchange but he blundered and resigned (position seemed lost anyway).> Don't agree. Jobava's knight was monstrous and at least as strong as white's bishop. Besides, Jobava could have almost certainly had a 3-fold repetition on move <38...> if he wanted it, and even with maybe a few inaccuracies, it's hard to see how white makes progress with black's queen still on c7. |
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| Jan-21-14 | | Marmot PFL: <Don't agree. Jobava's knight was monstrous and at least as strong as white's bishop. Besides, Jobava could have almost certainly had a 3-fold repetition on move <38...> if he wanted it, and even with maybe a few inaccuracies, it's hard to see how white makes progress with black's queen still on c7.> Guess we were talking about different points in the game, but no doubt letting the c pawn move was fatal. |
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| Jan-22-14 | | HSOL: Re Bok's GM norm: You can count part of a tournament for a GM norm now because 5 out of 13 which could have happen if he lose the rest surely can't be enough? |
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Jan-22-14
 | | WannaBe: I believe, if Bok gains 1.5 pts, GM norm will be earned. |
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| Jan-22-14 | | haydn20: Interesting how Anna M. is moseying along undefeated at +3. |
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| Jan-22-14 | | schweigzwang: I've been reading a bit more about norms since I asked my question earlier. I had been surprised to hear (on the live commentary) that Bok had earned his third GM norm after achieving 5 points in the first 9 rounds, especially since earlier it had been mentioned that 6.5 points would be needed. According to my understanding (possibly quite flawed) of the FIDE rules found at http://www.fide.com/component/handb... a tournament generally needs to be at least 9 rounds, and there are other provisos concerning # of federations represented, # of titled players among the opposition, etc. etc. There is a table that indicates that for a 13-round event, a score of 7/13 or better is needed if the average rating of participants is in the range 2571-2599. However, rule 1.42(e) states
<1.42e
A player who has achieved a title result before the last round may ignore all games played subsequently, provided (a) he has met the required mix of opponents.
(b) this leaves him with at least the minimum number of games as in 1.41. (c) in the case of a tournament with pre-determined pairings, the full requirements, other than score, must be met for the complete tournament.> "Minimum # of games as in 1.41" translates in this case to 9. I suppose Bok must have met the right mix of opponents (incl. titled players and high avg. rating), so that no matter what happens in rounds 10-13, this as if he'd scored well enough in a nine-round event to get the norm. Looks like it also means that Troff would have to win out from this point to get the GM norm. |
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Jan-22-14
| | WannaBe: <schweigzwang> Thanks for the detailed explanation. Bok may now offer a draw after 6 moves. =)) |
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| Jan-22-14 | | Bob Loblaw: Jobava appears poised to take top spot. His toughest challenge will be that great player from the Karpov era, Jan Timman. Meanwhile, Saric will face Yu who will be out to make the best of a poor showing in a tournament many thought he would win, and Brunello, who is playing stronger chess with each round. Anything can happen, but it is unlikely that the Moldovian will lose to Kayden Troff or Dimitri Reinderman. |
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| Jan-24-14 | | The Last Straw: <Bob Loblaw> Uh oh. Jobava losing against Timman and Saric winning against Zhao Xue. |
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| Jan-24-14 | | notyetagm: Tata Steel (Group B) (2014)
<The Last Straw: <Bob Loblaw> Uh oh. Jobava losing against Timman <<<and Saric winning against Zhao Xue.>>>> Saric wins. Zhao Xue lost her a7- and b6-pawns and promptly resigned. http://chessbomb.com/o/2014-tata-b/... |
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| Jan-24-14 | | MarkFinan: Unbelievable that Timman is still playing at this kinda level. He's 12 days older than my old man! and I thought people my age were too old for this chess malarkey, lol. ✌ |
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| Jan-24-14 | | DcGentle: Timman, Jan H - Jobava, Baadur
Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee NED (11.1), 2014.01.241.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Bd3 e6 7.e5 Ne8 8.Nf3 d6 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.dxe6 Qxe6 12.Be3 dxe5 13.Bxc5 e4 14.Ng5 Qe5 15.Nxe4 f5 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.O-O fxe4 18.Re1 Bf5 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qf3+ Qf5 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Rxe4 Na6 25.Re2 Rc8 26.Rd1 Rxc4 27.Rd8+ Kf7 28.Rd7+ Kf6 29.g3 Rc7 30.Ree7 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Bf8 32.Rxh7 Bc5 33.Rxb7 Rc2 34.Rhf7+ Ke5 35.a3 Bb6 36.b4 Nc7 37.Rb8 Nd5 38.Re8+ Kd6 39.Rf3 g5 40.h3 Ra2 41.Re4 Nc3 42.Re1 Nd5 43.h4 g4 44.Rf8 Ne3+ 45.Kg1 Nc4 46.Rf6+ Kd5 47.Rf5+ Kd6 48.Re4 Nb2 49.Rf6+ Kd5 50.Rxg4 Nd3 51.Rg5+ Ke4 52.Rgf5 Rxa3 53.Kg2 Ra2 54.h5 Be3 55.Rf7 Rb2 56.b5 Rc2 57.R5f6 Bd4 58.Re7+ Kd5 59.Rf5+ Kd6 60.Ref7 Ne5 61.R7f6+ Ke7 62.Rf4 Be3 63.R4f5 Bd4 64.Rf8 Ng4 65.R5f7+ Ke6 66.Rf4 Bc5 67.R8f7 Bd6 68.Rf3 Rb2 69.h6 Rxb5 70.Rg7 Nf6 71.g4 Be5 72.h7 Rb8 73.Rh3 Rh8 74.g5 Nd5 75.Rh6+ Kf5 76.Rg8 Ne7 77.Rxh8 Bxh8 78.f4 Kxf4 79.Re6 Nf5 80.g6 Kg5 ½-½ Timman should have won the game, position after <73... Rh8> 
click for larger viewWhite to move played <74. g5?> But it was not easy to see, what the winning maneuver was. Timman should have exploited the unprotected position of Black's king, constructing pins like so: 74. Kf3 a5 75. Rh6 a4 76. g5 a3 77. Ra7 a2 78. g6 Kf5 79.
Rxa2 Ne8 80. Ra6 Ng7 81. Ra5 Kg5 82. Rh3 Kf5 83. Ke2 Kf6 84.
Rf3+ Kxg6 85. Rxe5 Nh5 86. Ra3 Ng7 87. Rg3+ Kxh7 88. Re7 Rg8
89. Ke3 Kh6 90. Ke4 Ra8 91. Rgxg7
click for larger viewBlack to move can resign.
This is not easy to see over the board.
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| Jan-24-14 | | SirRuthless: Was surprised to see Jobava hold and even more surprised to see Muzychuk lose. She has played a clean event thus far and I was hoping to see her in a small quadrangular DRR Unive type event later in the year with some stronger GMs. |
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| Jan-25-14 | | Refused: Congratulations to GM Ivan Saric for winning Group B. |
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| Jan-25-14 | | Willem Wallekers: Congratulations to Ivan Saric for <definitely> winning the challengers group. |
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Jan-25-14
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| Jan-25-14 | | The Last Straw: Good job Saric. Still feeling sorry for Jobava messing up these last few rounds. @#$% Mr.Goudriaan!! |
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| Jan-25-14 | | dwadefoley: Muzychuk played a very nice attacking game against Brunello - 21. Nxc6! followed by again 29. Nc6! a nice problem-like echo! Go Anna! |
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